Moscow attacks energy facilities in Ukraine and Kiev attacks refineries in Krasnodar

Two people were injured in Kryvyi Rih, in the central-eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk, the head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, revealed on Telegram.

Russia has been bombing Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for several weeks, causing power shortages and outages.

Moscow fired 34 missiles, 21 of which were shot down, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

“The enemy attacked the country’s energy infrastructure again” between Friday night and today, declared the Ukrainian Energy Minister, German Galushchenko, on the social network Facebook.

The Ukrainian minister stated that there was “damage” to energy facilities in the cities of Dnipropetrovsk (central-east), Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv (west).

In a statement, operator DTEK reported that four of its thermal power plants were “severely damaged” by “massive” Russian attacks between Friday night and today.

In the Lviv region, Governor Maksym Kozytskyï appealed on Telegram to residents not to use equipment that consumes a lot of electricity, such as kettles, irons, microwave ovens and washing machines, at the end of the day and the beginning of the night , in order to preserve the electricity supply.

According to Kiev, Moscow, which launched its offensive against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is intensifying its air and ground attacks ahead of the May 9 celebrations commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. World and while Ukraine awaits the arrival of essential American weapons.

Ukraine attacks refineries in Russia’s Krasnodar region

Ukraine attacked the Ilsky and Slavyansk oil refineries in the Russian region of Krasnodar in the early hours of Saturday. dronescausing fires in the facilities, said a source from the Ukrainian secret services.

According to Reuters, the attack was carried out by the SBU security service. You drones Ukrainians also target the Kushchevskm military airfield in the same region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced this Saturday that 68 drones Ukrainians had been intercepted overnight, 66 of them over the Krasnodar region and two others on the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014.

“The SBU continues to target military and infrastructure installations behind enemy lines effectively,” the source added.

With the Russian invasion now in its third year, Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russian oil and energy facilities, using drones long range.

Kiev authorities consider oil refineries to be legitimate targets despite calls from foreign allies to halt attacks to avoid Russian retaliation and spikes in global oil prices.

Russian local authorities stated that the oil refinery in the Krasnodar region suspended its operations following the attack with drones.

Roman Siniagovskyi, head of the Russian administrative district of Slavyansk, said on the Telegram messaging app that there were nine attacks on the storage tank farm and the distillation column, a key piece of equipment in the refining process.

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